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Hanagatami is a 2017 Japanese war film directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. It was originally conceived during the 1970s, before Obayashi's feature-length film debut, but took 40 years to get released. The film tells a story of the purity of youth beset by the chaos of war, allegedly inspired by Obayashi's own childhood. It revolves around Toshihiko, a sixteen-year-old kid who moves in with his aunt in Karatsu, and develops friendships and romances with the inhabitants of the town whilst the Second World War is raging.